e-Gazette statutory gazette instrument G.S.R. 688(E) · 30 Jul 2026
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Check the official recordThe Central Government amends the Offshore Areas Operating Right Rules, 2024. The amendment replaces rule 32 regarding penalties. Any person who contravenes the provisions of the 2024 rules is now liable to a penalty. The penalty follows the provisions of section 28 of the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002. The penalty also follows the Offshore Areas Mineral Adjudication of Penalties Rules, 2026. These rules come into force on 1 August 2026.
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5868 GI/2026 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
xxxGIDHxxx xxxGIDExxx असाधारण EXTRAORDINARY भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण् ड (i) PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) प्राजधकार से प्रकाजित PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
खान मंत्रालय अजधसूचना नई दिल्ली, 30 िुलाई, 2026 सा.का.जन. 688(अ).— केंद्रीय सरकार, अपतट क्षेत्र खजनि (जिकास और जिजनयमन) अजधजनयम, 2002 (2003 का 17) की धारा 35 द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, अपतट क्षेत्र संदिया संबंधी अजधकार जनयम, 2024 का संिोधन करने के जलए जनम्नजलजखत जनयम बनाती है, अर्ाात्:—
No. 626] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2026/SHRAVAN 8, 1948
सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-30072026-274992 CG-DL-E-30072026-274992
2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
"32. िाजस्ट्त.— िो कोई भी इन जनयमों के उपबंधों का उल्लंघन करेगा, िह धारा 28 और उसके अधीन बनाए गए जनयमों (अर्ाात; अपतट क्षेत्र खजनि िाजस्ट्त का न्यायजनणायन जनयम, 2026) के उपबंधों के अनुसार िाजस्ट्त के जलए उत्तरिायी होगा।”
[फा. सं. एम.VI-16/51/2026-खान VI (भाग-6)] कुलिीर ससह यािि, संयुि सजचि
टटप्पण.— मूल जनयम भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खंड 3, उप-खंड (i) में अजधसूचना संख्या सा.का.जन. 646(अ), तारीख 16 अिूबर, 2024 द्वारा प्रकाजित दकए गए र्े।
MINISTRY OF MINES NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 30th July, 2026 G.S.R. 688(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 35 of the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 (17 of 2003), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Offshore Areas Operating Right Rules, 2024, namely: —
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of August, 2026.
[F. No. M.VI -16/51/2026-Mines VI (Part 6)] KULVEER SINGH YADAV, Jt. Secy.
Note: – The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification number G.S.R. 646 (E) dated the 16th October, 2024.
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